Wednesday, March 27, 2013

ACCORDING TO SPALDING COUNTY SHERIFF WENDELL BEAM, DEPUTIES ARRESTED DANIEL EDWARD KEELEY, 36 , OF GRIFFIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CHILD MOLESTATION BASED ON AN ON-GOING INVESTIGATION THAT INVOLVED A 14 YEAR OLD FEMALE STUDENT AT ST. GEORGE’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL IN MILNER.

KEELEY HAD BEEN WITH THE SCHOOL FOR 12 YEARS, BUT LEFT EARLIER THIS MONTH. SHERIFF BEAM SAID KEELEY IS BEING HELD IN THE SPALDING COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON SEVERAL OTHER CHARGES, ENTICING A CHILD FOR INDECENT PURPOSES, SEXUAL BATTERY AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

ACCORDING TO MACON. COM, UPSON COUNTY NATIVE DONALD BAILEY, 51, WAS NAMED PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER OF THE TELEGRAPH, MONDAY.

BAILEY WAS BORN IN THOMASTON AND MOVED TO MACON IN HIS EARLY TEENS.HE EARNED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN JOURNALSIM FROM UGA AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM WHAT IS NOW GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY IN MILLEDGEVILLE.

HE BEGAN HIS NEWSPAPER CAREER IN 1984 AS AN ADVERTISING INTERN AT THE TELEGRAPH. BAILEY HAS BEEN PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER OF THE TIMES IN SHREVEPORT, LA, SINCE JAN. OF 2012. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE FROM 2004 TO 2011.

HE WILL BEGIN WORK IN MACON, APRIL 8.

SINCE JAN. OF 2012. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE FROM 2004 UNTIL 2011.

Friday, March 22, 2013

ACCORDING TO UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE ,HIS DEPUTIES SEIZED 11 GRAMS OF SUSPECTED METH, 1874 HYDROCODONE PILLS, A TRACE OF MARIJUANA AND $850 IN CASH FROM A CAR PARKED ON JEFF DAVIS ROAD, EARLY THURSDAY.

ARRESTED-- CHRISTOPHER MARK HUNT ,33, OF DENTON ST, THOMASTON, WHO WAS PARKED AT COMMUNITY SUPERETTE . A CLEAR METH PIPE AND DIGITAL SCALES WERE ALSO FOUND IN THE CAR.

Monday, March 18, 2013

DONALD GREATHOUSE HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SEEK THE 4TH DISTRICT SEAT HELD BY WALLACE RHODES WHO IS NOT RUNNING AGAIN, IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

IN A PRESS RELEASE , GREATHOUSE SAYS HE HAS OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND CURRENTLY IS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND LEAD INSTRUCTOR AT SOUTHERN CRESCENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

UPSON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF THOMASTON BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF EACH GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW THEIR SERVICE DELIVERY COMMITMENTS BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE LOST DISTRIBUTION LITIGATION.

IN THAT REGARD, THEY HAVE AGREED TO A CONTINUANCE OF THE LOST LITIGATION IN ORDER TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE PARTIES TO WORK OUT THEIR COMMITTMENTS TO EACH OTHER AND THE COMMUNITY AS TO SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE LOST DISTRIBUTION PERCENTAGES.

A HEARING HAD BEEN SET IN UPSON SUPERIOR COURT FOR MARCH 25, AFTER THE TWO GOVERNMENTS COULD NOT REACH AGREEMENT ON LOST ISSUES.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

ACCORDING TO PIKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MINDY LEE VAUGHN,33, LEFT THE ROAD IN A PICK-UP TRUCK MONDAY MORNING ON VEGA ROAD, FLIPPED OVER AND SHE WAS EJECTED. MAJOR DOUG MORRIS TOLD TGA NEWS, SHE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

CLEARWATER PAPER OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY, IT WILL CLOSE ITS TISSUE CONVERTING FACILITY NEXT YEAR, HOUSED IN THE FORMER THOMASTON MILLS LAKESIDE PLANT .

IN A PRESS RELEASE , THE COMPANY SAID THE DECISION WAS MADE FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS . THE GRADUAL SHUTDOWN OF CONVERTING EQUIPMENT WILL OCCUR ON A SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WITH SOME OPERATIONS RUNNING INTO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2014 ,AFFECTING A TOTAL OF 150 EMPLOYEES.

DISPLACED THOMASTON EMPLOYEES WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR OPEN POSITIONS AT OTHER CLEARWATER FACILITIES, AND SEPERATION AND INCENTIVE PAY WILL BE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES WHO REMAIN AT THOMASTON UNTIL THEIR FINAL DAY OF ESTABLISHED WORK.

MOST EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO CLEARWATER FACILITIES IN SHELBY, N.C. AND OKLAHOMA CITY.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

ACCORDING TO THE AREA NARCOTICS TASK FORCE, DEVIN LEWIS OF THURSTON AVE. IN THOMASTON WAS BOOKED INTO THE UPSON COUNTY JAIL LAST WEEK ON A CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF METH. ASSISTANT COMMANDER HEATH EPPINGER TOLD TGA NEWS A RESIDUE OF METH WAS FOUND ON A PIPE AND BAGGIE AT HIS APARTMENT AND IN HIS CAR, AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS SERVED.

DEVIN LEWIS CLAIMS THE DRUG ITEMS BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE WHO WAS STAYING AT HIS APARTMENT, BUT HE IS OFF THE AIR AT FUN 101. HE IS FREE ON $10,000 BOND.